Clinical trials: Skills Acquisition
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Skill Enhancement Using Transcranial Stimulation
Recent changes in medical training environments and restrictive work-hour regulations have greatly impacted trainees, limiting the number of opportunities to gain proficiency in procedural skills.
- Trial name
- LETS-LEARN (NCT02987816)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Educational Problems
Deliberate Practice With Validated Metrics Improves Skills Acquisition
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of deliberate vs. self-guided practices on acquiring needling skills by novice learners.
- Trial name
- NCT03154372
- Testing
- Expert supervised practice with validated metrics, self guided practice with validated metrics
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Brain Plasticity Underlying Acquisition of New Organizational Skills in Children-R61 Phase
Organizational, time management and planning (OTMP) skills deficits are seriously impairing features of developmental disorders, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and autism, which compromise school…
- Conditions
- ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03148782
- Testing
- OST Intervention for participants with Organizational skill difficulties
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Colorectal Cancer
Colonoscopic Skill Acquisition and Transfer Via Simulated Curriculum of Progressive Training
It is hypothesized that a progressive simulated learning strategy will result in better global clinical performance (e.g., technical, communication) and transfer of endoscopic skill, as compared with a high-fidelity simulation…
- Trial name
- NCT02000180
- Testing
- Progressive Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Team Based Learning, Nursing Skills
The Effect of Team-Based Learning on Nursing Students' Skill Acquisition in Fundamental Nursing Education
Nursing education is a practical education where theoretical knowledge is combined with laboratory and clinical skills. Skill practices that students should gain during nursing education constitute one of the most important…
- Conditions
- Team Based Learning, Nursing Skills, Academic Success
- Trial name
- NCT06827808
- Testing
- Team based learning
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel University
Vascular Accident, Brain, CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Effect of Brain Stimulation on Stepping Performance in Stroke Survivors and Healthy Adults
Participants are being asked to participate in a research study conducted by Shih-Chiao Tseng, PT, Ph.D. at Texas Woman's University.
- Conditions
- Vascular Accident, Brain, CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident), Gait, Hemiplegic, Spastic Lower Extremity Weakness
- Trial name
- Gait (NCT04437251)
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Woman's University
No Disease or Condition is Being Studied, Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Hand Versus Foot Controls for Robotic Surgery Simulation
Why is the study being done? Robotic-assisted surgery offers high precision and ergonomic benefits, but it requires specialized console skills that differ significantly from traditional open or laparoscopic surgery.
- Trial name
- CLUTCH WAR (NCT07618429)
- Testing
- Hand Clutch, Foot Clutch
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University
Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
Enhancing Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition and Retention With Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation
Recent changes in medical training environments and restrictive work-hour regulations have greatly impacted trainees, limiting the number of opportunities to gain proficiency in procedural skills.
- Trial name
- NCT02756052
- Testing
- Anodal Transcranial direct-current stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Child, Child Development
Influence of Different Physical Education Pedagogical Approaches on the Health and Development of 5-6 Year Old Children
The Skill Acquisition Methods underpinning Pedagogy for LEarning in Physical Education (SAMPLE-PE) project aims to investigate the influence of different pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning in physical education (PE)…
- Conditions
- Child, Child Development, Health Behavior, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- SAMPLE-PE (NCT03551366)
- Testing
- Linear, Nonlinear
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool John Moores University
Medical Students Naive to Surgical Robotics
Proficiency Based Robotics Training Curriculum: Skill Acquisition & Transferability of Skills to Live Porcine Models
The goal of the project is to define the optimal learning environment and protocol for dvSS® simulation activities using medical students as robotic-naïve research participants.
- Trial name
- NCT02895347
- Testing
- Surgical Simulation Practice Modules
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Cognitive Change, Processing, Visual Spatial
Effects of a Complex, Partnered Martial Arts-based Intervention on Cognitive Processing.
The investigators' study is designed to test whether prolonged exposure to a martial arts-based intervention (three complex, partner exercises based on Filipino, Chinese and Thai martial arts practices), can improve cognitive…
- Trial name
- MATRICES (NCT05530148)
- Testing
- Martial Arts Training Group, Flexing, Toning and Balance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hysterectomy (MeSH nr: E04.950.300.399)
Transforming Global Surgery Capacity and Capability Through Affordable Virtual Reality
The goal of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate whether Deliberate Virtual Reality (VR) training can improve surgical skills, knowledge, and confidence in performing postpartum hysterectomy among junior-level Zambian…
- Trial name
- NCT07403526
- Testing
- Deliberate Virtual Reality (VR) Training, Standard Clinical Training
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University
Laparoscopic Suturing
Stepwise Training Program
Laparoscopic skills training is essential and has been correlated with intraoperative performance. There are a number of training curricula developed to shorten the laparoscopic learning curve.
- Trial name
- NCT05474365
- Testing
- Stepwise training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Ventilation Skills Acquisition and Retention, Ventilation Knowledge Acquisition and Retention
Ventilation Knowledge and Skills Retention Using a Novel Tool, the Augmented Infant Resuscitator (AIR) Device as an Instant-feedback Tool
Babies born not breathing at birth require effective gentle ventilation to survive and avert organ damage if initial resuscitation steps such as drying, and stimulation are unsuccessful at facilitating breathing.
- Trial name
- Sim-II (NCT04889001)
- Testing
- Simulation enhanced HBB training
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Colonic Polyp
Impact of Augmented Reality in Polypectomy Skills Acquisition in Simulation-based Endoscopy Training
Simulation-based training (SBT) is a safe and effective strategy for improving skills development in gastrointestinal endoscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT03826069
- Testing
- Augmented reality-based curriculum, Conventional Simulation Curriculum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Basic Life Support, Cardiac Arrest
Mastery Learning Versus Time-based Education: Skill Acquisition and Retention of Basic Life Support in Laypeople
Background: In cardiac arrest survival rates dramatically increase when bystanders are present and initiate Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Trial name
- NCT02059395
- Testing
- Mastery based learning, Time based learning
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Undergraduate Health Professional Students, Dental Restorations
Sequential Practicing on Psychomotor Skill Acquisition in Undergraduate Dental Students
To determine the influence of hand practice sequence on psychomotor skill acquisition in a glass ceramic onlay preparation among undergraduate dental students.
- Conditions
- Undergraduate Health Professional Students, Dental Restorations, Education, Competency-Based, Dental Education and Special Care Dentistry
- Trial name
- Dentalpractice (NCT06862401)
- Testing
- Glass ceramic onlay preparation
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Parental Insightfulness and the Acquisition of Social Skills in Children With ASD.
Parental Insightfulness (PI), promotes the development of the child's socio-emotional competence and her ability to have productive and sustaining relationships.
- Trial name
- ASD (NCT05029375)
- Testing
- PEERS® for Preschoolers
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Cerebral Vascular Accident
Brain Stimulation Enhance Post-stroke Walking Survivors and Healthy Adults
Recent studies showed that a non-invasive, low-intensity brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can effectively increase motor neuron excitability in the brain and therefore promotes functional…
- Trial name
- NCT06191549
- Testing
- anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Skill Acquisition of Resuscitation
Paradigm Shift in Medical Education: Applications of High-Fidelity Simulation, Teamwork Model Development, and Concept of Flipped Classroom in Innovation and Revolution of Resuscitation Training
Medical education was transformed from mainly didactic class before 19th century to the clerkship and internship training based on the concept of "learning by doing" in 20th century.
- Trial name
- NCT02149693
- Testing
- high-fidelity simulation and teamwork training, traditional resuscitation training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital